Sign and Develop This Young FM Gem

With all the talk this season, well end of season,
surrounding a young man called Marcus Rashford and how well he has done in the
first team of Manchester United since breaking through, it would be easy to
overlook the rest of the youngsters United have and focus your attention on Rashford.
Now, if you have the chance to sign Rashford I would recommend you do that
although this blog is not about him, it’s about one of the most highly rated
youngsters to ever come through the academy at Manchester United………..Callum Gribbin.

Manchester United have come in for some criticism this
season about not having any youngsters coming through and the academy is
lacking any real talents. True United fans know this is the media talking their
usual garbage and far from the truth.

Anyway, enough of real life talk, we have a FM gem to talk
about. Callum Gribbin is just 16 years old when you start the game, so not
likely to be a first teamer for the first year but you could introduce him in
to your team for ‘easy’ games and cup games to give him the experience of being
in and around the first team squad.

In your second season, you can start to either introduce him
more to the first team squad or loan him out making sure he is a key player for
that team and at a level he is suited to. Me? I kept him at the club to make
sure he was looked after by top coaches, he could play regularly in the U18,
U21 and occasional first team matches where he could improve immensely.

Callum is a right or centre attacking midfielder, with pace,
good first touch and pass. I would train him up to be comfortable playing left
attacking mid as well so he is complete in all attacking areas and gives you
more options. What more do you want eh? How about a stunning free kick, good determination
and vision. Sounds like the perfect player to me. He’s currently 21 years old
in 2020, his full stats can be seen below.

14 U21 caps with 6 goals is a good return as well as
1 cap for the senior side. His career is still fledgling but give it another
season or 2 and he will be the complete baller and worth in the region of £20+
million.